Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner must now determine her location for six years of house arrest after a Supreme Court ruling upheld corruption convictions against her. This decision bars her from public office for life, influencing her political future and the Peronist movement's response to recent electoral challenges. Despite these setbacks, Kirchner's leadership remains as she becomes a focal point for internal party disputes, and she may draw parallels with historical figures like Lula da Silva and Juan Domingo Peron as she navigates her next steps in Argentine politics.
Kirchner’s imprisonment strengthens her role as the top leader in the internal dispute she maintains with Axel Kicillof, the governor of the province of Buenos Aires, for control of the Peronist party.
The Supreme Court's ruling has jolted a Peronist movement that had not yet recovered from its defeat against Javier Milei in 2023.
Kirchner likes to look at herself in the mirror of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, imprisoned for 580 days in 2018 and 2019 in a corruption case.
It is only to be expected that Kirchner will now have her own Puerta de Hierro, but in the province of Buenos Aires, where her electoral stronghold is located.
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